Atheta laticollis (Stephens, 1832)

Material. Kharkiv region: environs of Haidary, highland oak forest, on old carpophores of Boletus edulis, 9.VIII.1992, 1 spec.; ditto, highland oak forest, on old carpophores of Suillellus luridus, 9.VIII.1992, 1 spec. (Supplement, Tab. 1) .

Bionomics. Active predator that inhabits natural and artificial forests, open steppe areas and meadows with different humidity level, where it lives along banks of rivers and reservoirs, forest cover, mainly in plant and animal remains, on flowing sap of trees, new­mown grass, and sometimes in cavity of stalk of umbelliferous plants. As accidental mycetobiont, it occurs in carpophores of fungi.

Distribution. Palaearctic Region (excluding Far East) (Schülke & Smetana 2015).